The Country’s Biggest Floating Solar Power Plant: The country’s biggest floating solar power plant till date, by generation capacity, which is being developed by the NTPC in the reservoir of its thermal plant at Ramagundam in Peddapalli district, Telangana, is set to be commissioned by May-June next. Work on this 100 megawatt floating solar power […]
Category: Current Affairs
Arbitration And Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Arbitration And Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021: The Parliament gave its nod to the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with Rajya Sabha passing it. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill last month. The legislation seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Act contains provisions to deal with domestic and international […]
National Capital Territory Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021
National Capital Territory Bill: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021. It seeks to regularise unauthorized colonies that existed in the National Capital Territory of Delhi as of June 1, 2014 and had seen development up to 50% as of January 1, 2015. […]
What is Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi?
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi: Union Cabinet has approved the creation of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi (PMSSN). It will be a single non-lapsable reserve fund for a share of Health from the proceeds of Health and Education Cess. The accruals into the PMSSN will be utilized for the flagship schemes of the Health […]
International Lunar Research Station (ILRS)
International Lunar Research Station (ILRS): China and Russia have agreed to build an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), possibly on the moon’s surface, marking the start of a new era in space cooperation between the two countries. Russia is a part of the International Space Station which is a habitable artificial satellite – the single […]
Kerala High Court vs Centre on New IT Rules, 2021
IT Intermediary Guidelines And Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021: The Kerala High Court restrained the Centre from taking coercive action against Live Law Media Private Ltd., which owns a legal news portal, for not complying with Part III of the new IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The court issued […]
Disha Bill, 2020 : Key Features
Disha (Special Courts for Specified Offences against Women and Children) Bill: The Union government informed the Lok Sabha that an inter-ministerial consultation for the Andhra Pradesh Disha (Special Courts for Specified Offences against Women and Children) Bill, 2020, had been initiated. The Bill paves the way for awarding the death penalty for rape and gang […]
Exercise Dustlik-2 2021 : India-Uzbekistan
Exercise Dustlik-2: The second edition of India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise “Dustlik-2” started in Chaubatia, Uttarakhand. Aim of the Exercise: Counter Insurgency (CI) and Counter-Terrorism (CT) operations in mountainous, rural and urban scenarios under the United Nations (UN) mandate. First Edition: Took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in November 2019. Uzbekistan is important to India for security […]
Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) System : Final Test
Final Development Test Of Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) System: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted the final development test of the Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) System, crucial for diesel-electric submarines. Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) System: Submarines are essentially of two types: conventional and nuclear. Conventional submarines use diesel-electric engines, which require them […]
What Is Vaccine Passport?
Vaccine Passports: Governments around the world are exploring the potential use of vaccine passports as a way of reopening the economy by identifying those protected against the coronavirus. A vaccine passport is an e-certificate that stores and records jabs and Covid-19 test status. It can be kept in a smartphone app or in other digital […]
